Mandya: Soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the bypoll schedule for Mandya Lok Sabha (LS) seat, political activities have sprung up, with the three main political parties — Congress, JD(S) and BJP — getting ready to test the political waters.
The Mandya LS seat became vacant after C.S. Puttaraju of the JD(S) resigned following his election from Melukote Assembly constituency in the May 2018 polls. With hardly six months left for the 2019 LS polls, no one had anticipated the announcement of bypolls. But the ECI stunned everyone by announcing the bypoll schedule, according to which the election will take place on Nov. 3 and the results will be announced on Nov.6.
